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Using the product installer

The product installer displays a menu that simplifies the selection of installation and upgrade options. It is the recommended installation method. Selecting a product to install or upgrade from the menu invokes that product's installation script.


  Note   If you are using the Veritas Enterprise Administrator (VEA) GUI on your system, stop the VEA service before performing a new installation, an uninstall, or an upgrade. To stop the VEA service, on each system type the following command:

# /opt/VRTS/bin/vxsvcctrl stop


 To use the product installer

  1. Locate the name of the product to install on the product software disc. Insert the disc into a drive attached to your system and mount it (see Mounting a software disc).
  2. To change to the cdrom directory, type the following command:

# cd /cdrom/cdrom0

  1. From the cdrom directory, do one of the following. To invoke the installer script using SSH (recommended), type the following command:

# ./installer

To invoke the installer script using RSH, type the following command:

# ./installer -rsh

  1. The product installer displays a list of products and their installation and licensing status as shown in the example below. A list of tasks to perform follows the product status:

Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions 5.0

Symantec Product Version Installed Licensed

===============================================================

Veritas Cluster Server 4.1 yes

Veritas Volume Replicator no no

Veritas Storage Foundation 4.1 yes

Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle no no

Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System   no no

Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC no no

I) Install/Upgrade a Product C) Configure an Installed Product

L) License a Product P) Perform a Preinstallation Check

U) Uninstall a Product D) View a Product Description

Q) Quit ?) Help

Enter a Task: [I,C,L,P,U,D,Q,?] i

Select a task. Enter (?) to display option descriptions.

It is highly recommended that you run the preinstallation check for all systems before installing a product.

  1. If you select I, the list of products and options to install is displayed:

Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions 5.0

1) Veritas Cluster Server

2) Veritas File System

3) Veritas Volume Manager

4) Veritas Volume Replicator

5) Veritas Storage Foundation

6) Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle

7) Veritas Storage Foundation for DB2

8) Veritas Storage Foundation for Sybase

9) Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System

10) Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC

11) Veritas Cluster Management Console

12) Web Server for Storage Foundation Host Management

13) Symantec Product Authentication Service

b) Back to previous menu

Select a product to install: [1-13,b,q] q

Select "b" ("back") to return to a previous section of an installation procedure. This feature is context-sensitive, so it returns to the beginning of a grouped section of questions. If an installation procedure hangs, use Control-c to stop and exit the program.

  1. Enter the number of the product to install and press Return. Follow the instructions described in your product installation guide.